? Eat these on the ninth double ninth festival in September: eat double ninth cake, eat crab and eat mutton noodles.
? There are these customs and activities in the Double Ninth Festival: climbing mountains, sunbathing in autumn, enjoying chrysanthemums, flying kites and admiring cornus.
First, eat these on the ninth Double Ninth Festival in September.
? 1, eat Chongyang cake
At dawn on September 9, it was the original intention of the ancients to make cakes in September, with a piece of cake on their children's heads and saying something in their mouths, wishing their children all the best.
The exquisite Chongyang cake should be made into nine layers, like a pagoda, with two lambs on it to conform to the meaning of Chongyang (sheep).
Some even put a little red paper flag on the Chongyang cake (instead of cornus) and light candles.
This probably means "lighting a lamp" and "eating cake" instead of "climbing high".
Nowadays, there are still no fixed varieties of Chongyang cakes, and the soft cakes eaten in various places on the Double Ninth Festival are called Chongyang cakes.
? 2. Eat crabs
"When the autumn wind starts, the crab's feet itch." Before and after the Double Ninth Festival, it is the time when the crab paste is full of yellow fertilizer, so there is also the custom of eating crabs on the Double Ninth Festival.
The reason why there is a saying that crabs are eaten during the Double Ninth Festival is mainly because the Double Ninth Festival is on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month every year. At this time, it is already the late autumn season. At this time, the crab meat is delicious, the crab yellow is thick, and its nutritional value and edible value are relatively high. Secondly, the Double Ninth Festival is also a festival to respect the elderly. At this time, buying some crabs for relatives is also a way to show filial piety.
? 3. Eat mutton noodles
"Sheep" and "Yang" are homophonic, which should be the code of Chongyang. If you want to eat white flour, "white" means the word "hundred" MINUS the top "one", which means that one hundred MINUS one is ninety-nine, in order to meet the code of "99".
In addition, the Double Ninth Festival is in autumn, and autumn is also the most fat season for mutton to eat. It can keep warm and dispel the cold, which is the most in line with the needs of the season, so it is just right to eat mutton noodles on the Double Ninth Festival.
Second, the Double Ninth Festival has these customs and activities.
? 1, Denggao
In ancient times, there was a custom of climbing on the Double Ninth Festival, so it was also called "Climbing Festival".
The climbing custom of Chongyang originated from the climate characteristics at this time and the worship of mountains by the ancients.
The custom of "climbing the mountain" on the Double Ninth Festival is also intrinsically related to Taoism's "ascending to heaven and becoming immortal" on September 9. In Taoist culture, the Double Ninth Festival on September 9 is the best time to ascend to heaven and become immortal, so Taoist legends often choose September 9 as "ascending to heaven and becoming immortal".
Taoism believes that on this day, the clear air rises and the turbid air sinks. The higher the terrain, the more the clear air gathers, so you can ascend to heaven by clearing the air.
? 2, basking in autumn
"Sunbathing in autumn" is a typical agricultural custom phenomenon with strong regional characteristics.
Villagers living in mountainous areas such as Hunan, Guangxi, Anhui, Jiangxi, etc. have to use the roofs in front of and behind their houses and their own windowsills to rack and hang crops, which has evolved into a traditional agricultural custom phenomenon over time.
This special lifestyle and scene of villagers drying crops has gradually become the material for painters and photographers to pursue and create, and has created a poetic name of "drying autumn". Going to the countryside to enjoy folk customs and watch the autumn sun has become a fashion in rural tourism.
? 3. Enjoy chrysanthemums
On Double Ninth Festival, there has always been the custom of enjoying chrysanthemums, so it has been called Chrysanthemum Festival since ancient times.
The custom of appreciating chrysanthemum originates from chrysanthemum culture. Chrysanthemum is a natural flower. Because of its colorful colors and blooming in Ao Shuang, chrysanthemum culture is formed. Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties in the Three Kingdoms, it has become fashionable for Chongyang to get together for drinking and enjoying chrysanthemums and poems.
In China ancient custom, chrysanthemum symbolizes longevity. Chrysanthemum is a flower of longevity, and it is praised by scholars as a symbol of frost unyielding.
? 4. Put a kite.
Flying kites is one of the main customs of the Double Ninth Festival in South China. The folk Double Ninth Festival is characterized by flying paper kites. Guangxu's Huizhou Fuzhi is also recorded. Put a kite on the Double Ninth Festival, and it can easily ride the wind.
There is a saying in the ancients: the paper kite is put on the Double Ninth Festival to release "bad luck". The higher and farther the kite flies, the bad luck will fly away.
There is another saying: flying a kite is auspicious and blessed, and the farther the kite flies, the more blessed it is.
If the kite is broken, it means that the blessing has flown away. So I will carefully protect the line and not let it break.
? 5. Pei cornus
In ancient times, the custom of inserting Evodia rutaecarpa was popular, so it was also called cornus Festival. In the old days, the folk festivals and customs of the Han nationality were popular in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, Huaihe River and Yangtze River Basin. Cornus is a fruit that can be used as Chinese medicine.
The ancients believed that climbing a mountain and inserting Evodia rutaecarpa on the Double Ninth Festival could repel insects, remove dampness and drive common cold away. So he put cornus on his arm or ground it in a sachet, and put it in his head. Most of them are worn by women and children, and men in some places also wear them.
The ancient custom of inserting dogwood and so on is the behavior of folk climbing to drive common cold. On the Double Ninth Festival, the clear air rises and the turbid air sinks. People use natural medicine cornus to adjust their physical health and adapt it to the natural climate change.
On the ninth double ninth festival in September, in the harvest season of autumn, there are naturally many foods for people to taste.
The number of "Nine" is a positive number in the Book of Changes, and the two positive numbers of "Nine Nine" are heavy, so it is called "Chongyang"; It is also called "double ninth" because the day and the month all meet nine. Returning to the truth in 1999, one yuan began, and the ancients thought that Chongyang in 1999 was an auspicious day.
Auspicious days are accompanied by the above customs, which are more vivid and interesting. The Double Ninth Festival in September is also a day to respect the elderly. Remember how filial you are to your elders on this day! ! !